Macquarie Bank worker Dave Kiely was at his desk as a colleague was being interviewed about interest rates when the camera showed him apparently opening e-mail attachments of nearly nude photos of the model.

The clip became a YouTube hit and other media broadcast it during prime-time.

Australia-born Kerr, 26, who is engaged to "Pirates of the Caribbean" star Orlando Bloom, had said she hoped Kiely would not lose his job.

"I am told there is a petition to save his job, and of course I would sign it," news.com.au quoted her as saying.

That Friday, Macquarie said in a statement it had completed an internal review and Kiely would keep his job.

"Macquarie and the employee apologize for any offense that may have been caused," the bank said.

London-based financial news-based Web site, Here is the City, had set up an e-mail campaign to help Kiely, saying he should not get fired because he has suffered enough and the pictures weren't "hardcore" pornograpy.

If you're old enough to remember the reality TV show "Candid Camera" with Alan Funt, not only are you showing your age, but you can probably see why this incident was such a hit. People are likely to do the darnedest things when they don't realize they're being watched, which was the entire concept of the show. But now, instead of "Blunders and Bloopers" airing fiascos, it's prone to show up on YouTube.

If you are a fan of this internet site, you already know that people have done far worse things than Mr. Kiely and end up being posted. Although he should not have been viewing personal e-mail at work, you still have to empathize with the guy. Miranda Kerr sure did.

Just for the record, I'm telling all my friends that when I'm diligently writing at my computer at work, please refrain from sending me shirtless photos of Matthew McConaughey. I don't know if I'll be able to contain myself!

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